What’s the best way to create up-close images of sea life? Photographer Mark Laita built an aquarium (水族馆) in his studio and filled it with fish borrowed from aquariums across the country for his new book “Sea” (Abrams). View more of Laita’s fascinating photographs in this slideshow.
1. Blue blubber jellyfish(水母) . Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
2. Map puffer (?河豚：河豚科的任几种有刺且通常有毒的海鱼，吞入水或空气后可以使身体胀大也作 blowfish,swellfish). Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams)
3. Twinspot lionfish (蓑：一种太平洋赤道地区产蓑属 色彩鲜艳的锯鱿鱼，背鳍上有毒刺). Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
4. Violetline maori wrasse (隆头鱼：一种主要生长于热带的隆头鱼科海鱼，颜色经常是亮丽的，有刺状的鳍、厚嘴唇和有力的下腭，常用作珍贵食用鱼). Image courtesy of"Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
5. Pink and purple nudibranch (裸鳃亚目动物). Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
6. Tigertail seahorse. Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
7. Pinnatus batfish (蝙蝠鱼：一种蝙蝠鱼科的海洋鮟鱇，在嘴上有一个可伸缩的附器). Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).
8. Japanese sea nettle (刺水母：带刺的水母，尤指热带大西洋的（海刺） 的钵水母纲动物). Image courtesy of "Sea" by Mark Laita (Abrams).